The Key to Scientific Names
- Megaloperdix
(Phasianidae; syn. Tetraogallus † Caucasian Snowcock T. caucasicus) Gr. μεγας megas, μεγαλη megalē great; περδιξ perdix, περδικος perdikos partridge; "Als besonders interessant Erwerbungen nenne ich Buceros galeatus, Tragopon [sic] Hastingii, Psilopogon porphyrolophus, Erythrogenys cincta, Francolinus gularis und bicalcaratus, so wie das alte Männchen von der sehr seltenen, wie Perdix (Megaloperdix) altaica, riesenhaften Perdix (Megaloperdix) caucasica." (Brandt 1841); "Megaloperdix Brandt, 1841, Bulletin Scientifique Acad. Imp. Sciences St.-Pétersbourg, VIII (12), col. 190. Type, by subsequent designation (Ogilvie-Grant, 1893, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., XXII, p. 103), Tetrao caucasica Pallas, 1811. The typification of Tetraogallus himalayensis G. Gray, 1843, by G. Gray, 1855, Cat. Genera Subgenera Birds Brit. Mus., p. 107, is erroneous (not an originally included taxon)." (JAJ 2021).
Var. Megoloperdix.
